What horn is this?

Lawrie · Post by **Lawrie** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 7:56 am

Hi people,
a friend of mine found this photo and was wondering if I could identify the horn. I can't, but I also feel that I've seen a photo of a similar one somewhere. Can anyone helps please?

Post by **mrpillow** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 11:19 am

Holton Professional Model ca 1932-1936. Can't remember the model number off-hand, maybe No. 60? I can check a catalog later.

chromebone · Post by **chromebone** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 11:26 am

I always though that horn was an Olds. Wasn't that the horn that hung in Larry Minick's shop?

elmsandr · Post by **elmsandr** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 11:28 am

No, this is a Holton.

Cheers,
Andy

chromebone · Post by **chromebone** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 11:32 am

That tuning mechanism is interesting.

Post by **BGuttman** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 11:44 am

It's similar to the TIS method, but on the bell. The tuning slide bow is rather large.

Haven't seen one in the flesh. Wonder how they played.

Post by **blast** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 1:18 pm

BGuttman wrote: ↑Mon Oct 22, 2018 11:44 am It's similar to the TIS method, but on the bell. The tuning slide bow is rather large.

Haven't seen one in the flesh. Wonder how they played.

Not great.

Chris

Lawrie · Post by **Lawrie** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 3:49 pm

Awesome! Thank you

JohnL · Post by **JohnL** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 5:17 pm

blast wrote: ↑Mon Oct 22, 2018 1:18 pm
BGuttman wrote: ↑Mon Oct 22, 2018 11:44 amWonder how they played.
Not great.

Chris

But you have to admit, they looked pretty darn cool doing it.

Sorta like a DeLorean. Ornamental but not practical.

Post by **BGuttman** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 5:39 pm

JohnL wrote: ↑Mon Oct 22, 2018 5:17 pm
blast wrote: ↑Mon Oct 22, 2018 1:18 pm Not great.

Chris
But you have to admit, they looked pretty darn cool doing it.

Sorta like a DeLorean. Ornamental but not practical.

On the other hand we have the Conn 44H "razorbell" (Vocabell) that looked cool and actually played well.

afugate · Post by **afugate** » Tue Oct 23, 2018 5:05 am

Is that Stan Laurel, of Laurel and Hardy fame?

It looks like he knows how to hold and play the darned thing.

--Andy in OKC

Leisesturm · Post by **Leisesturm** » Tue Oct 23, 2018 9:51 am

I don't know. If his playing was any good, why would someone be poking him in the eye with a violin bow?

2bobone · Post by **2bobone** » Tue Oct 23, 2018 1:11 pm

Actually, the picture has been cropped so that Stan Laurel's best friend Oliver Hardy was removed. He is to Stan's right with the most priceless look on his face --- totally oblivious to the carnage his violin bow is inflicting. I LOVE those two guys !

JohnL · Post by **JohnL** » Tue Oct 23, 2018 4:38 pm

Leisesturm wrote: ↑Tue Oct 23, 2018 9:51 am I don't know. If his playing was any good, why would someone be poking him in the eye with a violin bow?

Y'all haven't spend much time around violin players, have you?

imsevimse · Post by **imsevimse** » Tue Oct 23, 2018 4:54 pm

BGuttman wrote: ↑Mon Oct 22, 2018 5:39 pm On the other hand we have the Conn 44H "razorbell" (Vocabell) that looked cool and actually played well.

Yes the "Vocabell" Conn 44h is a fine horn. Very thick bell and likewise the tuning slide. The whole horn is thicker. It's built like a tank and no bell-ring. Despite this the response is quick and it plays really well. Looks cool too.

/Tom

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